Murray and Mirnyi suffer semi-final defeat

Ana Ivanovic on her way to victory in her quarter-final at the Pacific Life Open. Photograph: Mark Avery/AP

Jamie Murray and Max Mirnyi have been knocked out of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells after a straight sets semi-final loss to the Israeli duo of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.

After beating the No1 seeded Bryan brothers in an epic quarter-final, Murray and Mirnyi pushed the Australian Open champions Erlich and Ram throughout but could not win a break of serve at Indian Wells and went down 6-3, 6-4.

Erlich and Ram will now face Daniel Nestor and Nenand Zimonjic in the final, after the duo's 7-5, 6-2 semi-final win over Richard Gasquet and Robert Lindstedt.

In the men's draw Novak Djokovic cruised past Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets and will face Rafael Nadal in the semi-final. Nadal, the No2 seed, beat the American James Blake 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

The Australian Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic, the No1 seed in Indian Wells, crushed the No12 seed Vera Zvonareva 6-1, 6-4. The Serbian will face her compatriot Jelena Jankovic in the semi-finals. Jankovic was the beneficiary of Lindsay Davenport's retirement with a back injury after the first set of their quarter-final. The pair have met five times previously, with Ivanovic winning four.